Soggy Garden Making You Feel Underwhelmed?
Feeling underwhelmed by your soggy garden this autumn and wondering where to start with a re-design? The good news is…now is the best time to plan.
‘Managed wild’ look for a new family living space
A new design for an outdoor living space, with dining and seating areas, softened with planting
Work in progress for a colourful, year-round family space
A year-round family space with lots of colourful, seasonal interest, with a design masterplan to develop over time alongside future building works
A bold front garden
Designing a simple, eye-catching front garden which combines summer colour with year-round structure and screening.
Creating space for wildlife and ball games
A project where the clients wanted to maintain space for their energetic boys to play football but be able to wrap wild planting around this space.
The Great Outdoors – weekend walk inspiration
An article published in Bovingdons property magazine – by Emma Hanford Gardens are suddenly the place to be at home. As a nation we’re spending more time than ever outside, but when there are so many garden styles, features and plants to choose from, where do you go for ideas to create your own private […]
Modernising a narrow plot
This garden sat on a narrow plot which was dated and overcrowded with uninteresting evergreens. It needed defined areas to lead the eye and lighter screening. To keep on budget and allow for interesting planting, we kept the original patio and some fencing but by introducing new seating areas and interesting lighting the garden was […]
Calm and cool symmetry 3 years on…
Being lucky enough to come back and see how a garden has evolved is one of the things I love most about this job. I nearly added these images to the original case study but the garden is so transformed I wanted to show it in all of it’s glory. See https://mymuddyboots.co.uk/calm-and-cool-symmetry-to-renovate-an-old-garden/ to see the […]
Dreaming of my favourite plants to warm up a Winters day
As we edge towards spring I take a look at my favourite plants across the seasons.
Don’t miss out on your dream garden next Summer – plan ahead now…
This year we’ve all spent more time than ever enjoying our gardens – they have become the place to escape into newly-valued fresh air, to work and play, indeed they have been a salvation for many. We understand more about how we use our gardens – and how we would like to change them. If […]
